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High-profile inmate killed, 3 others hurt in Bilibid riot

By CNN Philippines

September 28, 2016

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — At least one convict died in a riot that erupted early Wednesday morning at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP), Bureau of Corrections officer-in-charge P/Supt. Rolando Asuncion said.

Convicted drug lord Tony Co was killed, and three others wounded in the fight at Building 14 of the maximum security compound where high-profile convicts are held, according to Justice Undersecretary Erickson Balmes.

The so-called king of drug lords Jaybee Sebastian, and other inmates Peter Co and Vicente Sy are among those injured. They were brought to Medical Center Muntinlupa for treatment.

Asuncion said seven to eight inmates were involved in the “rumble,” adding an ice pick was recovered from the crime scene.

He denied the riot was staged to kill Sebastian.

“It’s just a plain riot. This is just a usual occurrence in prisons,” Asuncion said.

The Bureau of Corrections is investigating the incident, including reviewing the CCTV footage.

Not just any prison riot?

House Speaker Bebot Alvarez believes the timing of the riot is questionable and doubts it is a “simple prison riot.”

[Translation: That is sad because apparently there are forces who don’t want Jaybee Sebastian to testify. We will see the motive of those who don’t want the truth to come out. The intended resource person mentioned in the hearing was targeted.]

Equipment like closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras were installed in the building.

On Tuesday, two high-powered signal jammers were installed inside Building 14 to make sure inmates can no longer use their smuggled cellphones which they had been using to conduct business despite a ban on these devices.

Aguirre earlier told a House probe that despite the SAF manning Bilibid, one cannot say it’s completely contraband-free. But he also said drug transactions at the Bilibid have decreased by 90 percent since SAF troopers were deployed.

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Removing Senator De Lima as Chair of the Justice Committee can be interpreted as the MAJORITY PARTY (PDP-Laban) seizing control of the powerful body that has been a pain in the neck of the Duterte Administration. De Lima is considered by the supporters of President Duterte as the cause of the INTERNATIONAL NEGATIVE PUBLICITY now involving the Philippines since the De Lima mass media offensive and probes on DRUG RELATED KILLINGS.

Duterte: De Lima Got PHP 3 Million per Month from Colangco Bilibid Faction, No Data yet from Sebastian Faction

‘Leila got millions from NBP drug lords’

MANILA, Philippines – Sen. Leila de Lima collected millions from high-profile inmates in New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City when she was still justice secretary in the previous administration.

This was the common allegation raised by several inmates in their affidavits submitted to the Department of Justice (DOJ).

Drug and robbery convict Herbert Colangco revealed that the Carcel Side, a coalition of gangs of inmates from the Visayas and Mindanao which he leads, had given De Lima P3 million per month.

Carcel is one of the two factions of inmates in the national penitentiary with over 7,000 members belonging to the Oxo Allied Group. The other is the Presidio Side led by drug convict Jaybee Sebastian with over 5,000 inmates, mostly from Luzon.

In a four-page affidavit obtained by The STAR, Colangco explained that the amount was for “payola” to then DOJ secretary De Lima “para sa pribilehiyo sa amin at para maipagpatuloy din ang mga negosyo sa Bilibid (for privileges accorded to us and also for our businesses inside the NBP to continue).”

Colangco, head of the notorious Ozamiz robbery gang, recalled that when he and other high-profile inmates were transferred to the NBI in 2014, Sebastian then had a monopoly of illegal drug trade and other illicit activities inside the NBP.

“Ang hindi susunod sa kanyang gusto ay tinatakot na ipapatapon. Naniniwala ang mga tao sa loob ng Bilibid na pwedeng gawin ito sa kanila ni Jaybee Sebastian dahil alam nila ito ay malapit kay secretary De Lima lalo na sa boyfriend nito na si Ronnie Dayan (Those who will defy him were warned to be thrown away. People in the NBP believe that he is capable of doing that because he is known to be close with secretary De Lima, especially with her boyfriend Ronnie Dayan),” he added in the sworn statement signed last Sept. 1.

Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II has confirmed that Colangco, fellow drug convict Noel Martinez and about 10 other inmates would testify before the House of Representatives inquiry on the proliferation of illegal drugs in the NBP.

He revealed that eight of them have been transferred to the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP) custody for fear of their lives inside the national penitentiary in Muntinlupa City.

Aguirre said some of the witnesses have bared in separate affidavits that they have collected money from illegal drugs since 2013 to support the senatorial bid of then secretary De Lima.

The DOJ chief hinted that there is also a witness who delivered P5 million to De Lima’s house in Parañaque City, which was allegedly personally received by the senator and Dayan.

Aguirre added that they also received information that De Lima, wearing a disguise, visited the NBP eight times and would go directly to the “kubol” of Sebastian.

He said a letter from Sebastian would be submitted to the House on this matter.

Aguirre earlier alleged that secretary De Lima brought out “coached witness” Edgar Matobato, who claimed to be a former member of the Davao death squad, in a desperate move to preempt the “explosive” testimonies and evidence to be presented against her in the House probe that will start on Tuesday. #DeLima #WarOnDrugs #Duterte2016 #Duterte #DriverLover #BastaDriverSweetLover